The African-American
Male Initiative
View What Community has thought of us over the years
About Us
A number of articles and publications have documented our efforts inside of the Greater Greensboro community dating back to our inception in 2011.
CIS AAMI
Who We Are
In December 2011, United Way of Greater Greensboro launched a pilot mentoring program focused on serving disadvantaged African American and Latino boys. The African American Male Initiative (AAMI) programs currently serves over 50 boys at Wiley Elementary, Jackson Middle and Smith schools in partnership with Guilford County Schools under the program management of Communities in Schools of Greater Greensboro. This is known as a "Feeder School Pattern".
What We Do
The African American Male Initiative program, seeks to impact and inspire young males by influencing the way they think about themselves, their environment, and their future. Through the use of our mentoring program, we hope partner youngmen with leaders from the professional community to open new doors for children that have been limited by economic and social disadvantages. It is highly emphasized that our young boys are allowed the opportunity to push the boundaries of their comfortability and are properly exposed to new situations through mentoring.
Below are a couple of videos documenting our work. I am available for a more formal introduction of our work.
1. A Birds Eye View through video: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=aami+through+the+years
2. Mentoring: https://www.facebook.com/138351057028/videos/2681442878614584
3. Empowering: We believe every child needs a marketable skills upon graduation, so we expose student to a number of resources to help them determine what career choices are of interest to them.
https://www.wxii12.com/article/bustas-buddy-is-presidential-expert-hopeful/1890765
Forge of Greensboro
4. Food Support :
We collaborate with Backpack Beginning and corporate sponsors to provide additional support to families throughout the summer and during the school year.
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/news/2015/08/6/wiley-elementary-school-working-to-fight-hunger
5. Enrichment:
Summer Camp:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVK_0w7gauU&t=102s
United Way of Greater Greensboro funds an annual summer camp where students from Wiley Jackson, and Smith High School attend free of charge. The High School students are compensated through partnership with NC Works and United Ways "Plus One" initiative headed up by Police Chief Brian James who is a mentor in our program.
6: Post graduation employment and education:
The High School students are compensated through partnership with NC Works and United Ways "Plus One" initiative headed up by Police Chief Brian James who is a mentor in our program.
https://chancellor.uncg.edu/chancellor_report/2014/guarantee-mentors.html
7. Community Partnership
https://www.facebook.com/138351057028/videos/2681442878614584